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June 2016
Ruins – Book launch
ELTHAM bookshop, Monash Asia Institute and Hachette Publishing Present: RUINS is a stirring and skilfully crafted debut with sharp and masterful observations of race, class and gender in contemporary Sri Lanka. Rajith Savanadasa’s voice is part of the brave and stunning new dawn of diverse Australian fiction. The novel, set against the backdrop of the restless streets, crowded waiting rooms and glittering nightclubs of Colombo in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war, is a rich and colourful story of family and country. Rajith Savanadasa was born in Sri Lanka and now lives in Melbourne. Rajith is also the founder and primary contributor to Open City Stories, a website documenting the lives of a group of asylum seekers in Melbourne. Dr Mridula Nath Chakraborty, Deputy Director, Monash Asia Institute, Faculty of Arts will be in conversation with Rajith. Entry: $35.00 includes a copy of the book or a $25.00…
Find out more »July 2016
A Chinese Affair – Book launch
Isabelle Li in conversation with Eleanor Jackson, Editor of Peril Magazine, presented in partnership with the Monash Asia Institute Entry: $35.00 includes a copy of the book or a $25.00 gift voucher and refreshments Prepaid bookings are essential: 9439 8700 [email protected] A Chinese Affair brings a new, exciting voice to the Australian literary landscape and is one of the few works of literary fiction in English to explore the experience of Chinese migration. “‘Be of service to the people.’ Chairman Mao’s command was once printed on posters, the front covers of journals, the flaps of school satchels, and I grew up believing that was to be my mission. But who are my people? Have I been of service to anyone? As if walking in a snowstorm, I look back to find that my footprints have been erased. I do not know where I am and can no longer find my way back.” In sixteen…
Find out more »August 2016
Shibboleth and other stories Book Launch-Melbourne
Come join us at Readings Carlton for the Melbourne launch of our short story anthology, 'Shibboleth and other stories', edited by Laurie Steed! To be launched by Paddy O'Reilly with readings by 2nd prize winner, Magdalena McGuire, Melanie Cheng and Chloe Wilson. Light refreshments will be served. This event is free, no bookings required.
Find out more »Shibboleth and other stories Book Launch – Sydney
Come join us at Gleebooks for the Sydney launch of our short story anthology, 'Shibboleth and other stories'! To be launched by Julie Koh with readings by the winner, Jo Riccioni and Catherine Moffat. Light refreshments will be served and RSVPs are essential via Gleebooks.
Find out more »November 2016
100 Story Building’s Early Harvest Magazine 2016 Release
Early Harvest 5 cover - from 100 Story Building, 2016. This year, 100 Story Building brings us an 'Impossible' themed Early Harvest Magazine. Showcasing pieces by young people aged 10-12 years old, and curated by a team of young editors, this annual publication is a wonderful product of creativity and collaboration, and is not to be missed! "There are worms that are afraid of the dark, philosophical bunnies, mutant meatballs, shapeshifting creatures, a unicorn doing the latest dance craze and emojis that come to life!" (100 Story Building on this year's Early Harvest's content). The 2016 Early Harvest editors (artwork by Sarah Catherine Firth) The magazine features a unique combination of stories from Australia’s leading authors and young writers from Melbourne’s west, and includes advice from publishing professionals, students invite submissions, select authors, commission artists, edit stories, create illustration briefs and produce a literary magazine that showcases young, emerging writers alongside popular, award-winning authors and…
Find out more »July 2017
Book Launch: Joiner Bay & Other Stories (Melbourne)
Join us at the Melbourne launch of our short story anthology, Joiner Bay & Other Stories. Selected out of over 200 entries from the 2017 Margaret River Short Story Competition, Joiner Bay & Other Stories features seventeen beautifully written and distinct short stories from across Australia. This year’s winner, Laura Elvery has had work published in The Big Issue Fiction Edition, Kill Your Darlings, Award-Winning Australian Writing and Griffith Review. Her story, “Joiner Bay”, tells the tale of a schoolboy who runs to make sense of his best friend’s suicide. Second prize winner Else Fitzgerald’s work has appeared in Visible Ink, Australian Book Review, Award Winning Australian Writing and Offset. Her story “Sheen” leaves the reader questioning what it is that makes up humanity. The South West Prize winner Leslie Thiele has had her short fiction commended and shortlisted in various competitions. Her story “Harbour Lights” details the emotional…
Find out more »January 2018
Women on Country: Indigenous Sovereignty and Feminist Identity
Cordite Publishing Inc. Event Date: 24 January 2018 Author / Presenters: Jeanine Leane, Anne Elvey, Timmah Ball, Bonny Cassidy Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/910110822486413/ Re: Double book launch by Cordite Books in partnership with Australian Poetry. Free event, and with wine. Please attend the launching of and readings from Jeanine Leane's Walk Back Over and Anne Elvey's White on White – both published by Cordite Books – at the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas on Wednesday, 24 January 2018. 6-7.30pm. Although written independently, they will print and launch together as the last of our Series 2 books. These are not new or emerging voices, they represent seasoned, contemporary, feminist literature. Elvey's interrogation of her European heritage in post-colonial Australia and Leane's unflappable Indigenous identity both explore our past archive and demand much from our future. These are two of the most culturally significant books that will be published for 2018. Fact, not hyperbole. Timmah Ball will…
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